Wedding Invitations & Paper

Table Assignment Cards

My fiancé and I are having table names instead of numbers, with each table being named after a Las Vegas casino. What we were thinking of doing was putting the name and table name on the front, and when you open the inside, having a small picture and some info about the casino. Here's the disagreement: I want to put different facts on the different cards at the table. I think this way, people at the table will all have different little tidbits inside and will talk about them; for example, asking what fact their neighbor across the table has on their card. I thought it would be a good way for the guests at the table to interact. My fiancé thinks we should put a whole blurb with all the facts on each card. He wants all the cards at the table to be the same. I think the cards will be too small to nicely put all of the info he wants. The inside bottom of the card is 2.5" high by 3.75" wide.

His idea: 
The Bellagio is owned by Steve Wynn and began construction in 1993 after the demolition of the legendary Dunes hotel and casino. The Bellagio had an original construction cost of $1.6 billion and finally opened on October 15, 1998. The Bellagio is famously known for its fountains in front of the casino, which consist of more than 1200 nozzles and more than 4500 lights, and cost an estimated $40 million to build. The fountains were created by WET, a design firm specializing in inventive fountains and architectural water features. WET also has created water fountains at Somerset mall and in the McNamara Terminal at the Detroit Metro Airport.

My idea: 
(one card)
The Bellagio is famously know for its fountains, which contain 22 million gallons of water.

(another card) The company that created the Bellagio fountains also created the fountains at Somerset Mall in Troy, and in the McNamara Terminal of Detroit Metro Airport.

Honest input is appreciated! Thanks for the advice!

Re: Table Assignment Cards

  • vicki0508vicki0508 member
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    edited April 2011
    I like your idea better.

    Depending on how many tables you have, you might consider incorporating table numbers as well as casino names.  That way guests can look for table numbers, instead of trying to match up their cards with random table names.  The cards could say: Table 1 The Bellagio.  And then you could have a large number 1 at the tables, followed by "The Bellagio" and a picture.
  • I can't imagine how you could possibly fit all the info he wants on an escort card. While I like your idea, I do think it's a lot of work and to my mind not worth it, but that's your call of course!
  • I think your idea makes more sense.  Another suggestion would be to make the table name on a piece of cardstock that's either tented or tri-folded (making a triangle) and listed the name on one side and facts on the other.
  • We are doing something similar at my wedding. Because we love to travel, we are naming our tables after places we've visited.

    My idea was to have 2 frames on each table. One frame would have a picture of us at the place, or just a picture of the place (depends on how nice the pictures are of us). The other frame would have a little blurb about why we went there, or why it's important to us.

    I'm not sure if it's going to pan out yet (I'll let you know in August!). But that way instead of making a card for each guest, you could make a pretty blurb at each table.

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  • In Response to Re: Table Assignment Cards:
    [QUOTE]I can't imagine how you could possibly fit all the info he wants on an escort card. While I like your idea, I do think it's a lot of work and to my mind not worth it, but that's your call of course!
    Posted by tenofcups4me[/QUOTE]


    This is exactly what I was thinking. Escort cards are tiny.
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  • The escort cards are actually quite larger than a standard card you'd expect, which is why we wanted to incorporate something to make them a little more fun. These are the cards we are using:

  • They're pretty. But I don't see any size specs on them. I'd still be shocked if you could fit anywhere near what your FH proposed in your first post.
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